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Oral communication Common Core W.11-12.1b resources
Teaching Audience Analysis with Commercials
Students must analyze their audiences before giving a speech or writing a paper. This presentation and subsequent activities will walk students through audience analysis by watching commercials. Included in this audience analysis activity:✓ Powerpoint: covers the definition and components of audiences; examines audiences; includes four (clean, school-appropriate) commercials links.✓ Questions: includes analysis of each commercial through by looking at the target audience and the commercial's eff
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8th - 12th
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PUBLIC SPEAKING Course | Semester Speech Curriculum | Communication Classes
Want to teach your secondary public speaking students with confidence? Speech classes are a blast to teach, but only if you're comfortable with the material and the processes. I've taught public speaking at the high school and college levels for 23 years, and I've created the course I wish I'd had when I started.From organizing the course in Google Classroom to assessing formal presentations, this resource has it all. Wondering what to do when you have a sub? I have you covered. Want to know my
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9th - 12th
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5 Mock Trials: Social Media; AI; Death Penalty; Homework; and MAID (Google/more)
Leverage students' competitiveness and desire to work with peers to strengthen their reading comprehension and argumentative writing. Similar to whole class discussions such as Socratic Seminar - students closely read, write comprehensive notes, build arguments using graphic organizers, and discuss using formal language - only, I find, mock trials are more powerful, for students stay in the text. Because they have specific roles and responsibilities, students cite, infer and analyze what the t
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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3 Mock Trials: Ban Social Media?; Halt AI?; No More Homework? + Extras
Leverage students' competitiveness and desire to work with peers to strengthen their reading comprehension and argumentative writing. Similar to whole class discussions such as Socratic Seminar - students closely read, write comprehensive notes, build arguments using graphic organizers, and discuss using formal language - only, I find, mock trials are more powerful, for students stay in the text. Because they have specific roles and responsibilities, students cite, infer and analyze what the t
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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TedTalk Outline - Ted Talk Speech Prewriting
A great way to get students passionate about research writing is having them design and create their own TedTalks! Since this will be a new genre of writing for most, they may need more scaffolding with the outlining process. This Google Doc outline provides space for students to hook their audience, define the current problem they're addressing, explore current solutions, and end with a call to action. It can be printed or converted to a Microsoft Document for your ease of use.This is designed
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â Ted Talk Research Project Unit Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Gun Violence
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on advertising.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of gun violenceActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Gun Violence Bundle: Class Discussions and Debate
Conversation Starters Package on Influencers
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on influencers.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of influencersActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and t
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Stolen Art- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on stolen art.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of stolen artActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Dress Codes
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on dress codes.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of dress codesActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and t
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on School Censorship
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on school censorship.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of school censorshipActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expre
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Vaping Culture
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Conversation Starters Package on ChatGPT- Middle School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on chatGPT.What's included:A list of 20 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of chatGPTActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
Grades:
5th - 8th
Conversation Starters Package on TikTok
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on TikTok.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of TikTokActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitiona
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
This or That: No Prep Writing and/or Speaking Practice
What it isArgument or opinion writing practice for middle or high school. The Activity:Students are presented with two would you rather styled options and choose one to argue for. Sentence frames are included.What’s included:18 Google Slides with directions and 13 "would you rather" questions with pictures.Why I love it:This small structured writing practice gets students engaged and gives them a choice in their writing. I like using this at the beginning of the year or as time fillers to build
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6th - 12th
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Conversation Starters Package on Politics- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on politics.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of politicsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transit
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on YouTube- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on YouTube.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of YouTubeActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â YouTube: Class Discussions and Debate
Conversation Starters Package on Advertising
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on advertising.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of advertisingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and t
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Advertising Bundle: Class Discussions and Debate
Debate Topics for Middle/High: Teenage Taboos
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Conversation Starters Package on Cyberbullying- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on cyberbullying.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of cyberbullyingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions a
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on ChatGPT- High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on chatGPT.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for high school students on the subject of chatGPTActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional phr
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Democracy
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on democracy.What's included:A list of 14 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of democracyActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and trans
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Big Pharma
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on big pharma.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of big pharmaActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Poverty
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on poverty.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of povertyActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Fast Food
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on fast food.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of fast foodActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and trans
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
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